Vauxhall Carlton Reviews

bought it with 90,000 miles on it great car lots of room inside done around 50miles to the gallon the only problem it had was finding good second hand parts for it. not many diesels made in this model it was a B reg i kept it till it failed its MOT ,around 3 years i had it for, the suspension struts were gone, these cars can rust believe ...  Read the complete review

Twelve years ago, strapped for cash as usual, with two school aged sons, I looked for a sensible car - used of course. I shopped around, looking at the usual run of Cortina and Escorts. Pretty bored and not a little disheartened by obviously tired ex-rep cars tarted-up with lots of 'back to black' and tire paint, I happened upon a ...  Read the complete review

The Vauxhall carlton has now been replaced by the Omega, but in it's day it was one of the largest and more comfortable 'big cars'. I remember that the styling wasn't that great, but you could fall asleep in one so easily, as the seats were and probably are some of the most comfortable around. At the time this wasn't ...  Read the complete review

Not the best car in the world, but you can't beat it if you want to go mini-cabbing. I used to cab in a Volvo Estate, but every time it went wrong I was off the road for up to 3 days and cost me about £300 to fix. Enough is enough, I thought, most of the cars in the fleet I work for were vauxhall carltons, so off I went to find one for ...  Read the complete review

I *love* my Carlton. My husband had it originally as a company car and chose the top of the range Cdi with power steering, fuel injection, the lot.It even has a trip computer which tells me how many mpg I'm doing, how many miles I can do on what's left in the tank (very useful!) and gives me the outside temperature! The one I have ...  Read the complete review

The Vauxhall Carlton was superseded by the Omega. The Carlton was a lovely car, very big, but also very roomy inside. It is a reasonably economic car for its age and also design, I used to get about 40 miles to the gallon out of a 1.8 injection engine. It is also not to high in the insurance classes simply because of its size. If you ...  Read the complete review